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Series Title: Parisian Emotions

What Time is it, Please?

1839

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
publisher

Aubert

Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
lithograph
Support
Cream wove paper
Measurements
Sheet: 34.9 x 25.5 cm (13 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.); Image: 24.1 x 19.8 cm (9 1/2 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1925.1017
Catalogue raisonné
Daumier Register / Delteil 695 ; Delteil-Hazard 1640
State
II/II
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

This print was published in Le Charivari (November 24, 1839) as plate 11 from the series Parisian Emotions.
A vertically oriented black-inked print depicts two light-skinned men on a dark, cobblestone street. On our left, a man with a prominent nose and top hat brandishes a wooden club. Facing him, the second man stands with hands in his dark coat pockets, appearing startled beneath his own top hat. Sharp shadows contrast against the wall behind them. Inscribed below are the words, "Quelle heure est-il, s'il vous plaît ?........"

What Time is it, Please?

1839

Honoré Daumier, Aubert

(French, 1808–1879)
France, 19th century

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